A desert octodontid rodent, Tympanoctomys barrerae, uses modified hairs for stripping epidermal tissue from leaves of halophytic plants

Journal of Morphology

Volumn 257, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 53-61

  Berman, Susan L ^a  

^a Department of Biology   (United States)

Author keywords

Bristle bundles; Desert rodents; Facial muscles; Halophytes; Tympanoctomys barrerae

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DESERT CLIMATE; FACE MUSCLE; HISTOLOGY; PALATE; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; RODENT; SALIVARY GLAND; VIBRISSA;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; DESERT CLIMATE; FACIAL MUSCLES; PALATE; PLANT LEAVES; RODENTIA; SALIVARY GLANDS; VIBRISSAE;

MAMMALIA; OCTOMYS MIMAX; RODENTIA; TYMPANOCTOMYS BARRERAE;

EID: 0038760857     PISSN: 03622525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmor.10115     Document Type: Article

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